Integrated Primary Prevention Officer (Prev Wf) – Title 5
Department of the Army
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for an Integrated Primary Prevention Officer (PREV WF), Position Description Number T0034P01 and is part of the Joint Force Headquarters, Marietta, Georgia. This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent Position that does not require a National Guard membership. Area of Consideration: All United States Citizens.
Duties
- As an Integrated Primary Prevention Officer (PREV WF), GS-0101-13, your responsibilities will be: Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
- Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
- Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) objectives.
- Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards.
- Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
- Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments.
- Appraises subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques.
- Recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases.
- Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management.
- Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems.
- Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters.
- Prepares documentation to support actions taken.
- Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance.
- Approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time.
- Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material.
- Recognizes and takes action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates.
- Applies EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination.
- Periodically reviews position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources.
- Explains classification determinations to subordinate employees.
- Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of The Adjutant General's (TAG) Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Program.
- Ensures legal and regulatory requirements as well as the needs of National Guard (NG) Service members, families and communities are met.
- Serves as the principal advisor to TAG regarding the integrated primary prevention of all self-directed harm and prohibited abuse or harm as defined in applicable regulations and policies.
- Ensures TAG's IPP program complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
- Develops IPP plan(s) in coordination with all relevant offices (i.e.
- Family Programs, Resilience, SARC, Psychological Health, EO/EEO).
- As the technical authority and expert on primary prevention; researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies Department of Defense (DoD), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Air National Guard (ANG), and Army National Guard (ARNG) prescribing directives, Public Law, guidance, and regulatory instructions.
- Develops Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) goals and objectives to effectively address self-directed harm, prohibited abuse or harm, personal resilience, and quality of life issues impacting Service members and their families.
- Promotes cross organizational collaboration with JFHQ directorates, by assigning tasks to appropriate Wing/Region based on organizational priorities and requirements.
- Establishes metrics to ensure assigned actions progress on schedule, are reviewed at critical points, and remain effective.
- Identifies, researches, and advises JFHQ leadership on issues impacting the outcomes defined within applicable policies and other official guidance.
- Applying mastery level knowledge, provides recommendations; which have state-wide, and potentially national, impact in addressing self-directed harm and prohibited abuse or harm.
- Collects and reviews integrated primary prevention issues, disseminates findings to appropriate headquarters functional offices of primary responsibilities (OPRs) for resolution.
- Reviews progress and analyzes solutions, and, if appropriate, initiates action to raise issues to the NGB IPP cell for resolution.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone–no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Required Documents
Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:
- You are required to provide documentation that supports the eligibility and qualification claims made in your resume and assessment questionnaire.
- You must submit the applicable documents listed here and those listed with the eligibilities you select in the announcement questionnaire with your application package.
- Applicants who do not provide supporting documentation that fully support their claims will not be referred to the hiring manager.
- Cover letter is optional.
- A complete resume is required.
- Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments.
- Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications.
- The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr.), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g.
- GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience.
- TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume.
About this role
The Integrated Primary Prevention Officer (prev Wf) – Title 5 position with the Department of the Army is based in Marietta, Georgia. THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. The role pays $112,556 to $146,325 per year.
Day to day, the work involves advising and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. The full list of duties, conditions, and required documents appears in the official announcement linked on this page.
Who should apply
This role calls for United States citizenship. Match your federal resume directly to the announcement's wording so a reviewer can confirm each requirement in writing. For this Integrated Primary Prevention Officer (prev Wf) – Title 5 position with the Department of the Army in Marietta, Georgia, confirm you meet each requirement before applying.
How competitive it is
At $112,556 to $146,325 per year, this is a mid-to-senior role where a precisely tailored application matters most. Based in Marietta, Georgia, it competes within that local market, which can mean lighter competition than major metropolitan postings. The announcement closes on June 30, 2026, and federal postings can close early once enough applications arrive, so applying promptly is wise.
This overview is general guidance from Job Army to help you understand the role. Always read the official announcement for exact duties, qualifications, and requirements before applying.
